CET Scheduling Puzzles Questions with Solutions
- 19 questions from MBA CET 2025 (16) and 2026 (3)
- Asked in 6 of 13 slots
- Difficulty: 2 Easy / 14 Medium / 3 Hard
- Question and answer free · detailed solution after free login · updated 28 Oct 2026
Scheduling Puzzles place events, people or tasks on days, times or slots under given conditions and ask several questions on the plan.
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Five meetings A, B, C, D, E are scheduled on five different days from Monday to Friday.
Conditions:
- D was scheduled on Tuesday.
- B was scheduled immediately after D.
- C was scheduled before E.
- A was not on Monday.
Which meeting was scheduled on Monday?
- B
- A
- E
- C
- D
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Answer: D. C
- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Monday, Thursday and Saturday
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
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Answer: C. Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Read the information given below carefully and answer the question that follows :
An academic research journal plans to publish 18 research papers, written by eight authors (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H) in four issues of the journal scheduled in January, April, July and October. Each of the research papers was written by exactly one of the eight authors. Five papers were scheduled in each of the first two issues, while four were scheduled in each of the last two issues. Every author wrote at least one paper and at most three papers. The total number of papers written by A, D, G and H was double the total number of papers written by the other four authors. Four of the authors were from India and two each were from Japan and China. Each author belonged to exactly one of the three areas — Manufacturing, Automation and Logistics. Four of the authors were from the Logistics area and two were from the Automation area. As per the journal policy, none of the authors could have more than one paper in any issue of the journal. The following additional facts are also known :
1. F, an Indian author from the Logistics area, wrote only one paper. It was scheduled in the October issue.
2. A was from the Automation area and did not have a paper scheduled in the October issue.
3. None of the Indian authors were from the Manufacturing area and none of the Japanese or Chinese authors were from the Automation area.
4. A and H were from different countries, but had their papers scheduled in exactly the same issues.
5. C and E, both Chinese authors from different areas, had the same number of papers scheduled. Further, E had papers scheduled in consecutive issues of the journal but C did not.
6. B, from the Logistics area, had a paper scheduled in the April issue of the journal.
7. B and G belonged to the same country. None of their papers were scheduled in the same issue of the journal.
8. D, a Japanese author from the Manufacturing area, did not have a paper scheduled in the July issue.
9. C and H belonged to different areas.
Question :
How many research papers were written by Indian authors ?
- 11
- 7
- 10
- 8
- 4
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Answer: D. 8
Seven experts, N, G, M, W, J, K and L give expert advice sessions to school students. These sessions can take place either before the school, during lunch period or after the school. In scheduling these sessions, the following conditions are followed. At least two experts must hold the sessions before school. At least three experts must hold their sessions after school. M is not available after school and J is available only after school. W always takes extra session during lunch. G will take session before school only if N is also scheduled before school.
Then, all the following statements could be true except :
- Twice as many expert take session after the school as before the school
- J will not take session during lunch period
- The same number of expert take session before school as lunch
- The same number of expert take session after school as lunch
- The same number of expert take session before school as after school
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Answer: D. The same number of expert take session after school as lunch
Visheshbar who is a food inspector has to inspect five restaurants A, B, C, D and E. Further, if he inspects B, he cannot inspect C immediately. If he inspects A, he cannot go to E after that. Which of the following can be the correct order of his inspection?
- ABCDE
- DCABE
- DCBEA
- DCBAE
- CDBEA
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Answer: C. DCBEA
Frequently asked questions
How many Scheduling Puzzles questions came in MBA CET 2025 and 2026?
19 Scheduling Puzzles questions were asked: 16 in MBA CET 2025 and 3 in MBA CET 2026. Every one is on this page with its answer (twin papers are not counted).
Which CET slots asked Scheduling Puzzles? Which had the most?
Scheduling Puzzles questions came in 6 of 13 slots. CET 2025 Slot 4 had the most (7 questions). Slot-wise lists: CET 2026 and CET 2025.
How difficult are CET Scheduling Puzzles questions?
Of the 19 Scheduling Puzzles questions that carry a difficulty rating, 2 are Easy, 14 Medium and 3 Hard.
Are the solutions free?
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How is a puzzle shown on this page?
Each puzzle gets one page with all its questions together (4 puzzles here), so you never solve half of one. Questions that stand alone are shown five to a page.
Where can I practise more Scheduling Puzzles?
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